Official Tapatalk app for Windows Phone now available as an early-access purchase

This morning, the official Tapatalk client for Windows Phone (both 7.x and 8; optimized for WP8) has been released to the Store and is now available as part of an early-access program for enthusiast users.

Tapatalk is the leading standard for discussion forums, allowing users a common system by which to access and utilize internet communities. Official apps have been available on iOS and Android for some time but today, Windows Phone users finally get their due with an app built from the ground-up.

Windows Phone Central readers were treated to our sneak peek of the app a few weeks ago, where we noted that the app was close to release having been in a private beta.

App description

Not familiar with Tapatalk? Here's what it's all about:

“Discover great internet communities or stay connected with your favourites community on-the-go with this award-winning mobile app, now for Windows Phone. Tapatalk is the only mobile app combing over 60,000+ internet communities with a streamlined mobile experience, allowing you to share and follow thoughts and opinions to all your communities within a single app.

Tapatalk aggregates content from network of communities of common interests, from automotive to parenting, from gardening to horse-riding - You will meet passionate people who share the same interest and participate in great discussions on topic only you and the like-minded members truly appreciated.

Download Tapatalk today to see a native community experience on Windows Phone. Special Thanks to Microsoft to donate devices and provide technical support in building this application. Tapatalk acquired Foroplex and this app is a product of both the Tapatalk team and the original Foroplex developer Jagoba Los Arcos from Spain.”

Early access and an introductory price - $2.99

The app is being made available slightly ahead of schedule and will cost $2.99. While that seems expensive, the app will go FREE after one month (in addition, trial should be added too).

The developers are doing this for a few reasons, none of which are to hoodwink Windows Phone users:

Larger base of dedicated users who can provide feedback

Gives the developers some breathing room to fix bugs, tidy issues up, before it goes wide-release

Consider it donation-ware/support to the developers for their hard work

Indeed, being a part of the beta and seeing the intricacies involved with testing (quick: think of how many sites you know have support forums—now imagine getting them all to work within one client), we can vouch for the developers who put a tremendous effort into the app, resulting in a solid representation for Windows Phone.

Of course if you are a casual user, than paying $2.99 is probably not an option and that’s fine—this is being made for the “forum junkies” who want early access and a chance to test out the app before everyday folk get their hands on it.

Well worth the money - have been waiting for this one ever since I got my WP8 device. BoardExpress has been dead for almost a year now.
Here's my top three apps still missing:
- Feedly
- Flipboard
- Instagram
That's it - if these three pop up (and chances are, at least Feedly will make an appearance soonish as the WP8 client is on their roadmap), I'm completely covered.

Bought this and wont recognise my username at all and now cant see it in the store..... Nit impressed so far. Had this on my old iphone 3gs and was good and have tapatalk hd on my nexus 7 and works well for quickly flicking between all the forums i use. Hope this is temporary issue or i just wasted money

Is there a way to determine in advance if a particular Forum is compatible? I was disappointed with "the Other" forum app as most forums I am interested in were not recognized. I don't mind paying for the App if it works, but, fool me once...

AH ok, Foroplex is way better ( until now) than Tapatalk.... well, Tapakalk is nice and beautifull, but foroplex is faster and have more options....
Let-s hope he continues to develop....waiting for upgrades.

Bought it, looks at least as nice as Board Express Pro. I miss the light theme though, unless I'm overlooking it. Also: I'm amazed they didn't put a 'feedback' option in every section of the app. I know we can put a review to the store, but a direct email or uservoice option would be better.

Request: be able to pin unread sections of any forum to the start screen with live tile showing the number of unread posts.

Edit: should have thought of this, you can leave feedback on the.. Tapatalk forum. Duh!

So just got and I think I'm gonna love it!! So as a suggestion, the explore section love the fade in, why not put a tile beside the category of random forums in that category. Add a little color to it, obviously nothing necessary but I think it would just make that page pop a little.

Of course its a little expensive, but compare it to the wpcentral app 1.99 for "just" one forum or 2.99 vor thousands ... I have been waiting for this since wp7 release... So great that its finally there... But Also i have to wait for a cheaper Version due to financial reasons XD

Well, this app does highlight one of the negatives of the metro interface: the constant back button pushing that can be needed to get back to the home area of an informational app. I just hit back 9 times to get to a different forum :-(

Just purchased, but can't connect to one of my forums "connectivity issues" ....oh well part of the bugs, and I'm glad I was able to support the devs on this. I'm just glad they made the darn thing for us WP8 users

Think of the Disqus app for Windows Phone, which is for comments. Tapatalk is a standard for online forums. This app enables you to subscribe to your favorite forums, get updates, notifications, and discover new sites based on topic.

I like Tapatalk for use on forums other than WPCentral. It's nice to use with the Mobile Nations sister sites. I've been waiting for official Tapatalk a long time, since even BBOS had it; I used it 2 years ago when I had a BlackBerry 9700.

Board Express was horrible, so it's great we finally got official Tapatalk.

Its similar to wpc app except it allows you to connect to thousands of forums. You can essentially replicate your desktop experience through the app...private messages, posting, etc etc with push notifications and if you are a forum owner it allows you to do limited moderation through the app itself.

Yeah, hopefully that will improve with time.. This app probably looks best with the light theme.. Nevertheless, we should be glad that WP is getting support from the official developers.. I think that's the important thing here.